... AMUSEN-Ts FOR THE WEEK. I l! ; ?? . , ,.I ROTk ALEXANDRA THEATRE - TUi ,Ohort season of Italian operas *t he Royal Alozandes closed ohihturdY eening with thel pefoymaneni. of Donizetti's Luerezia Borgia, given for the ,sepefit of Mad'lle Titiens. The house was filled ij 61.ery paurt, the large audienoe thus doing.honour at wce 'to- atruly great work, an aIcomplished'atie, and an excellent ...

... W- -4-W 02-0--'? - 7 ?? ?. ?- ?? I ?T? wiIN, ?? , ritTBIGICABI EMUNMA I ? , , I.-, ?? I - . - I Prneo ae Thcatre.-'? ren 'aniR OllardlauB,; ' lnrleI80 ..M~asseppS, and JennY I5I4 at Last,-~ , licrle Ain ?? Barrett as Bgult, 8 Jates BaDHali and operetta Houae -The Opera FaUZt, and Thoat -re-. aultet 'Tomy and D nler'5g~diqOtedltEn'tO . Ftar Meelo all-Ccncert, Vlete5elds, Selection ...

... ` MRs. NORTON has been for too many years known to the public as a grace- ful and accomplished writer to require any introduction from the critics. Her pen, whether as that of an advocate or a novelist, has almost uniformly been employed in defence or in behalf of her own sex. In the first character the wrongs she so effectively portrayed carried to the minds of those who read her letters and ...

... NORTH TYNE AND REDESDALE AGRI- CULTURAL SOCIETY. The twenty-eighth annual show of the North Tyne and Redesdale Agricultural and Pastoral Society was held on Friday in a field at the high end of the town of Bellingham. The exhibition was an improvement both as regards the quality of the produce and the number of the entries compared with that of any former year. The sheep embraced some splendid ...

... LITI3&RX' XXSCdELLANIMA. 'ATInMN Insipid ;blif aend play-clubs as seldom xi possible. In visits of ceremony be sparing. WOMEN are a great mysteryi' j.ccording to Hailer women bear hunger longer than men; according t Plutsroh, they can resist the effects of wine better; ac cording tto Unger, they grow/ oider anud never bald;* ao carding to Pliny, tbey are seldomr attacked by lions (ot the ...

... -,PUBLICAMUStEMNS- Mr. D'ion'Bncicault's admrablaeIrishrmelodraama, Ar~rah.na.Pogue,wns reproduced at'this theatre on'! Mdonday evening, with scenery as splendid and deco- rations asbeautiful as when the play wask oiginally brdught ou~t here. in March, 1b. During the twe Cears hat' have' intervened, this drama has Deen played with marked.Iuceeessin AmErrca and AUstr- lia 'wbile its ...

... ILittraturt. ?? of vephy.3ieal, Sta- dl Dictionaryof Geography, DescriptiPica tistieal, and Historical By A. KEITH JOIHNSTON;,T LL.D, ?? ?? F.G.S. ,Geographer h at Edinblirg in Ordinary to her Majesty. New z edition. London: Longmans. t The name of Dr. Keith Johnston is a certificate of the excellence of every geographical work which p bears it. This volume is beyond comparison the 51 most ...

... 4RiUotc. ill~itlI I - COVENT.GARDEN CONCERTS. These concerts, whiob have *wll suetained4 their character and interest for the past twb months, are still attracting good audiences, and will doubtless continue to do Bo until their close, as announced for the 26th inst. Classical nights have been given on the Thursdays, with the first portion of the programme devoted exclu- sively to the works ...

... MISS BATEMAN AS LEAH. Ifence,valn deluding joyn of Comedy ! avaunt ye nods and beoks and wreathed elmiles; ye qudps and crank and wanton wiles, with which, as with husks of swine' we have too long been striving to sate our intellectual appetites I Suach hallow trifles please us not, or rather please as no longer. We crave more solid and ser1 enduring enjoyment, Gaiety palls, wit loses ...

... THE EXHIBITION OF ECCLESIASTICALI ART AT WOLVERHAMIPTON. Those who wish to be instructed in the mysteries of Ritual, and to learn the shapes and uses of Vestments, spey gratify their desire by visiting the above nsned exhibition, opened in the Sohool of Art, Darlington Street, Wolverhamspton. This is the third exhibition of the series. The first took place at Norwich, in 1865; the second at ...

... PuBLIC AMU RMEBTS, &a. I - I~:. . . BIoyslAIennd&The&t-atItaIlau Opera ItTrovatore. 'rinee of Wales T.4xatre.-landy kAndy, IXIon, and The Artfu dtAodge. Theatre oyal- The Married Rake, Leab, and The nlendeAVous. Royal Amp ?? Spectre Bridegroom,' lad .The Gr.eat City. BoYal 0,ewC Theatre.-Alone in the Pirate's Lair, oe Iron Casket, and other Entertainmeuta. ?? &o. eow Star ...

... THE GALLANT LOVER. T on thre bonks of a strcarnl, near ar wood, thoro etainds an old castle, T have forgotten its name nosy, but that des not matter) , Roofless its walls, arid its towers, long o&ergrown with tho ivy, hock to and fro with the wind1(s, (:ecl the Sort winds of summcr. In hfail and in ehinfber rank grass aind weceds grow together, t And wherre lrrumpct and sword long sirico hung, ...